28 Feb
2008
28 Feb
'08
10:39 a.m.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Geoffrey Bunza wrote:
On the note of the CDC 6600 machines, et al., There
was a peripheral
processor which was used to boot the mainframe, and it had many rows of
toggle switches, in groups of 18 or 36 if I remember right, which either
contained the boot code or controlled the boot. The peripheral processor
was a computer in its own right by any standards.
Here's a picture of the Dead Start Program panel:
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/CDC6600-7.jpg
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
